THE NEW CATHEDRAL OF THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER.Among the events of public interest which should not be passed over are the preparations which are at least in progress for obtaining a Cathedral Church and Episcopal residence for the See of Westminster. Considering that London is the chief city of the British Empire, and in many respects the principal commercial market of all the nations of the world, that the Catholic Church should possess in London a Cathedral Church proportionate to the rank and dignity of the city, among the other cities of the world, is a question of very much more than merely diocesan and local interest. A site has been purchased in the limits of Westminster for the sum of £36,500, which is perfectly adequate to the erection of a Cathedral Church fully as large as that of Westminster Abbey. To the property thus acquired there has been recently added a third purchase of an adjacent site, with a house standing upon it, that had been built in 1866 by the officers of the Guards as an institute for their men. This house furnishes a spacious and convenient Episcopal residence, and it has already undergone a large portion of the alterations. and fittings necessary to render it serviceable for the purposes of the diocese. Suitable plans have been prepared by Mr. Clutton for the erection of the Cathedral on a scale befitting the extent of the site. The whole work of these plans, which have been successively designed, with most elaborate care, according as the acquisition of increased extent in the site called for increased proportions to the buildings, have been given gratuitously by Mr. Clutton as his contribution to the funds of the Cathedral. The work, consequently, of the new Cathedral has been formally inaugurated, and will appeal, possibly for years to come, to all to whom God may give the gift of a zeal for the glory of His House.

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